Wally (Adventures)

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Wally
ミツル Mitsuru
Wally Adventures.png
Wally
Gender Male
Eye color Blue
Hair color Green
Hometown Petalburg City
Region Hoenn
Relatives Parents, Wanda (cousin), Riley (cousin-in-law)
Trainer class Trainer
Game counterpart Wally

Wally (Japanese: ミツル Mitsuru) is a major supporting character of the Ruby & Sapphire arc of Pokémon Adventures. Wally was once believed to be a representation of Emerald because of his all-green team and mainly green wardrobe. However, a new character was created to be the Emerald representation.

Although many may see him as a main character due to him being based on a rival in the Generation III games, he is not.

Character

Wally is a young boy that is stricken with an unknown illness (possibly acute bronchitis, or asthma, based on his symptoms). As the series goes on, Wally slowly becomes healthier and his lungs become stronger, though he still needs to use his respirator suit.

Wally is a caring boy who always puts others before himself and puts trust in his Pokémon. At first, he was frail and weak but after going on his adventure Wally becomes much stronger, more confident in his abilities, and a more powerful Trainer.

History

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Wally is first seen in the Petalburg Woods crouching down in pain after failing to capture some wild Pokémon. He is found by Ruby, who quickly takes a liking to him after Wally praised his Pokémon. Ruby offers to help him capture another Pokémon, but Wally declines his offer, stating that someone else is already helping him.

Suddenly, once the person who is helping Wally starts walking towards them, Ruby immediately grabs him and jumps into the bushes, realizing that the person Wally was talking about is his father, Norman of the Petalburg Gym.

Wally climbing the Sky Pillar

After defeating a wild Breloom, Norman tells Wally to come out of the bushes. Wally complies and asks if Norman will teach him how to capture a Pokémon now. Norman refuses his request, stating that he was not told of Wally's illness and that his worried parents are taking him to another town to recuperate the next day. Norman states that he cannot ensure the ill Wally's safety in the dangerous world of Pokémon they live in.

After Ruby dodges an attack from Norman after he is found hiding in the bushes, he finds Wally unconscious on the ground. Ruby takes Wally to his house, where Wally is put onto a bed and hooked to a respirator. After his parents thank Ruby and leave, Wally realizes that they must have told Norman to not teach him how to capture a Pokémon. Ruby, noticing Wally's visible anger, lends him his Ralts, Rara, and takes him to the outskirts of Petalburg City so he can capture his own Pokémon.

They quickly find a wild Kecleon and Wally decides to catch it, much to Ruby's disappointment. They chase the Kecleon and Wally sends out Rara to battle it; after failing to capture it once, Wally states that he's beginning to enjoy the battle. Thanking Ruby for his help, Wally gives him a PokéNav on the condition that he stays with him a little longer. After the Kecleon begins to get tired, Wally finally throws a Poké Ball and successfully catches his first Pokémon; ecstatic, Wally states that he can move to Verdanturf Town without any regrets.

Wally's respirator suit and gauntlet

His joy is quickly shattered when a sudden earthquake breaks the piece of land that Ruby is standing on and sends him into the ocean. Later, Wally wakes up in his new house in Verdanturf Town and goes to tell the adults about Ruby's situation. Rara stops him and Wally realizes that Ruby is still alive because Rara can pick up his emotions with her horn.

Much later, Wally appears at Pacifidlog Town with two new Pokémon, a respirator suit, and an ally of an old man who wishes to see Mirage Island. It is revealed that the old man had taken Wally to Pacifidlog due to it being an even better place for recuperating from his illness. As they sail through the storm created by Kyogre, Wally notices a bag with a Treecko still inside of its Poké Ball. Wally pins the bag to a wall, rescues the Treecko, and heals it with his Pokémon.

Suddenly, an obscured figure appears and questions his choice of using Needle Arm to save the Treecko when it could have just as easily harmed it. Wally responds that he trusts in his Pokémon to be strong, even though he himself is weak. The figure reveals himself as Norman and states that he intends to train Wally just as he was asked to in the past. Wally accepts his offer and the two fly off to the Sky Pillar as it is the only place that is not being plagued with the storms and droughts that are currently hitting Hoenn.

Wally begins his training, to climb the Sky Pillar and reach Norman who is waiting for him at the top. Wally climbs the tower, using his Pokémon to battle against the wild ones, and eventually reaches the 50th floor after defeating a wild Dusclops and Treecko evolving into a Grovyle. Wally eventually reaches Norman, who is proud of his efforts and reveals that Wally's lungs have grown stronger and he is able to breathe easier, even on the thin air of the 50th floor. Norman gives Wally his Flygon and they begin their training while thinking that Wally still has one more task on the peak of the Sky Pillar.

Later, Wally and Norman are seen having a battle. Wally ends up being defeated but is praised for being able to get Norman to try hard. Wally questions his actions, as he is using the Pokédex despite it not belonging to him along with Treecko and Rara, both Pokémon who are not his, already having evolved. Norman assures him that it is alright but Wally still states that he should not use things that do not belong to him. Norman, after learning from his friend Scott that Ruby is battling Groudon and Kyogre, tells him why he took Wally to the Sky Pillar: to find the third Legendary Pokémon on top of the peak and awaken it.

Norman sends Wally to the peak and Wally manages to find the Pokémon covered in a fog of ozone. Wally uses Grovyle and successfully awakens the third Pokémon, Rayquaza, and passes out from exhaustion while Norman takes Rayquaza to help Ruby.

Wally is last seen writing a letter to Professor Birch and Ruby about returning the Pokédex and Rara to them.

Emerald arc

Wally in the thirteenth chapter

Wally makes a brief cameo in the Emerald chapter when Professor Birch mentions how Wally found the Pokédex and returned it. Wally is also seen in Emerald's Sceptile memories when it was a Treecko being rescued and used by Wally.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

Wally is first seen in person as one of the many Hoenn citizens watching the news about an incoming meteoroid that threatens to crash into the planet.

Later, Wally and Aarune witness Sapphire crashing onto Route 120 after her defeat by Zinnia. They take Sapphire into Wally's Secret Base and heal her and her injured Pokémon. Shortly after Sapphire awakens, Rayquaza and Ruby appear inside the Secret Base, having been accidentally transported there through Hoopa's ring. After exiting the base, Ruby is thrown by Rayquaza, but is saved by Wally's Altaria. Wally faces Rayquaza in an attempt to subdue it, but is stopped by Ruby, who attempts to reason with it.

Later, Wally along with various people from around Hoenn, is called to Sootopolis City to assist in stopping Grand Meteor Delta. When the plan to attack Grand Meteor Delta starts, Wally and the others have their Pokémon attack the meteoroid at the same time. This, combined with the might of Mega Rayquaza, successfully shatters Grand Meteor Delta into pieces.

Pokémon

This listing is for Wally's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

On hand

Kecleon
Wally's Kecleon

Kecleon was the first Pokémon that Wally caught with Ruby's help, back near Petalburg. He uses his long tongue to grab objects from a distance. He has a Jolly nature.

Kecleon's known moves are Bind and Astonish, and his Ability is Color Change.

Cacnea → Cacturne
Wally's Cacturne

Cacturne was caught as Cacnea in the Route 111 desert and evolved into a Cacturne. He was first seen rowing a boat during the flood caused by Kyogre. He has a Lax nature.

Cacturne's only known move is Needle Arm, and his Ability is Sand Veil.

Roselia
Wally's Roselia

Roselia was caught off-panel and healed Treecko after Wally saved it. He has a Timid nature.

Roselia's known moves are Aromatherapy and Grass Whistle.

Flygon
Wally's Flygon

Flygon originally belonged to Norman, but it was given to Wally after he had mastered his training at Sky Pillar.

Flygon's known moves are Fly and Sand Tomb, and its Ability is Levitate.

Altaria
Wally's Altaria
Debut PS612

Altaria was first used to save Ruby from crashing after he was thrown into the air by Rayquaza.

None of Altaria's moves are known.

Magnezone
Wally's Magnezone
Debut PS612

Magnezone battled Rayquaza at Route 120. With its powerful attacks, it managed to keep Rayquaza at bay before being stopped by Ruby.

Magnezone's known moves are Discharge and Zap Cannon.

Temporary

Rara (CY: Ruru)
Rara
Main article: Rara

Rara originally belonged to Ruby, but was lent to Wally so that he could use her to capture his very own Pokémon. They were then separated by an earthquake and Rara ended up in Wally's hands for a while afterwards. She evolved into a Kirlia offscreen during Wally's training on the Sky Pillar (which he did not want to happen) and stayed in Wally's possession until It All Ends Now VIII, where Wally returned her to Ruby.

Treecko → Grovyle
Wally's Treecko
Main article: Emerald's Sceptile

Grovyle was a Treecko that was intended for Emerald but due to the flood caused by Kyogre he ended up lost at sea and eventually ending up in Wally's hands. Wally used him in his climb up Sky Pillar where he evolved into a Grovyle. However, he became lost at sea again when Rayquaza's awakening sent him flying into the water, unable to be returned to Professor Birch. He eventually washed up on a desert island where he evolved and was knocked out by Guile Hideout and smuggled into the Battle Frontier to drive the press out. He then became Emerald's main Pokémon after being reacquired in the Battle Frontier.

Trivia

  • Prior to the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc, all of the Pokémon that Wally owned were colored green, matching his green hair and respirator suit.
  • In the magazine publications of the Ruby & Sapphire arc, Wally was made an official Pokédex holder when he accidentally registered his name in the third Pokédex. This makes him the only character to be a Pokédex holder in the magazine version of Pokémon Adventures, but not in the volume version.
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